David Warner recalled to Australian one-day squad

David Warner in action during day four at the MCG. Photo: Getty Images

David Warner's superb Ashes Test form has ensured his return to Australia's one-day squad, at the expense of Phillip Hughes.

If any of Australia's Ashes stalwarts are to be rested ahead of February's Test tour of South Africa it will have to wait until later in the five-match series against England, with selectors naming a full-strength squad for the first three matches.

Captain Michael Clarke has returned after missing the October tour of India with a back injury, while James Pattinson will press his claims for South Africa in one-day cricket, rather than for Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League, following his call-up.

Shaun Marsh has also been rewarded for his fine Ryobi Cup form for Western Australia, earning selection. Warner also thrived in that one-day competition in October, before continuing his good form in the Sheffield Shield and then the Tests.

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The other 10 players in the Australian squad have retained their positions since the seven-match series in India.

The omission of Hughes, who was dropped midway through the winter Ashes series despite a stoic 81 not out in the first Test, comes a day after Tasmania's Alex Doolan was chosen ahead of him as the reserve batsman for the series-ending home Ashes Test in Sydney.

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Besides Hughes, the casualties since India are batsmen Adam Voges and Callum Ferguson and all-rounder Moises Henriques, with the latter two unused squad members for that entire series.

Chief Australian selector John Inverarity said Voges was “particularly unlucky" to have been dropped, "as his ODI performances over the past year have been very good".

"There are three outstanding players in Clarke, Warner and Marsh coming back and we believe their inclusion provides the squad with several batting options," Inverarity said.

"Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh are exciting prospects at the top of the order with the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup only 14 months away. Michael Clarke and [coach] Darren Lehmann will be looking for consistent performances from these players and the other batsmen who have the potential to impose themselves strongly on matches."

Inverarity also confirmed the selection of Pattinson, 23, had been made with the South Africa series in mind.

"James Pattinson has worked hard to get back to full fitness and will be looking to regain his best form. His performances will provide a guide to the national selection panel when it selects the team for the Test tour to South Africa in February and March."

While Warner and Marsh were rewarded for their sparkling Ryobi Cup form, the player of the tournament, Victoria's Cameron White, was not.

The initial squad covers the one-dayers against England in Melbourne on January 12, Brisbane on January 17 and Sydney on January 19.